Assessing predictive uncertainty in comparative toxicity potentials of triazoles

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 293-301

  Golsteijn, Laura ^a   Iqbal, M Sarfraz ^b   Cassani, Stefano ^c   Hendriks, Harrie W M ^a   Kovarich, Simona ^c   Papa, Ester ^c   Rorije, Emiel ^d   Sahlin, Ullrika ^b   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparative toxicity potential; Probabilistic modeling; Quantitative structure activity relationship; Triazoles; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE TOXICITY; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRIAZOLES; UNCERTAINTY;

DEGRADATION; DYES; FORECASTING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOILS; TOXICITY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DICLOBUTRAZOL; DINICONAZOLE; FLUPOXAM; IPCONAZOLE; SSF 109; SULFENTRAZONE; TRIADIMENOL A; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNICONAZOLE P; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANT;

DATA SET; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SORPTION; TOXICITY TEST; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE TOXICITY POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HALF LIFE TIME; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTIVE UNCERTAINTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING; UNCERTAINTY; ADSORPTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DAPHNIA; GREEN ALGA; PROCEDURES; RAINBOW TROUT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA; HALF-LIFE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SOIL; TRIAZOLES; UNCERTAINTY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84892479331     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2429     Document Type: Article

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